Part 1 Understanding Search Technology

1 State of the art: What is search?; Pitfalls of search engines in relational databases; Full-text search: a promising solution; Mismatches between the round object world and the flat text world; Summary
2 Getting started with Hibernate Search: Requirements: what Hibernate Search needs; Setting up Hibernate Search; Mapping the domain model; Indexing your data; Querying your data; Luke: inside look into Lucene indexes; Summary

Part 2 Ending structural and synchronization mismatches

3 Mapping simple data structures: Why do we need mapping, again?; Mapping entities; Mapping properties; Refining the mapping; Summary
4 Mapping more advanced data structures: Mapping the unexpected: custom bridges; Mapping relationships between entities; Summary
5 Indexing: where, how, what, and when: DirectoryProvider: storing the index; Analyzers: doors to flexibility; Transparent indexing; Indexing: when transparency is not enough; Summary

6 Querying with Hibernate Search: Understanding the query paradigm; Building a Hibernate Search query; Executing the full-text query; Paginating through results and finding the tota; Projection properties and metadata; Manipulating the result structure; Sorting results; Overriding fetching strategy; Understanding query results; Summary
7 Writing a Lucene query: Understanding Lucene’s query syntax; Tokenization and fields; Building custom queries programmatically; Summary
8 Filters: cross-cutting restrictions: Defining and using a filter; Examples of filter usage and their implementation; Summary

9 Performance considerations: Optimizing indexing; Optimizing searches; Optimizing the index structure; Sharding your indexes; Testing your Hibernate Search application; Summary
10 Scalability: using Hibernate Search in a cluster: Exploring clustering approaches; Configuring slave nodes; Configuring the master node; Summary
11 Accessing Lucene natively: Getting to the bottom of Hibernate Search; Obtaining and using a Lucene IndexReader within the framework; Writing a DirectoryProvider your way; Projecting your will on indexes; Summary

12 Document ranking: Scoring documents; Exploring Lucene’s scoring approach and the DefaultSimilarity class; Scoring things my way; Document relevance; Summary
13 Don’t reinvent the wheel: Playing in the Sandbox; Making use of third-party contributions; Processing XML; Summary